Apparatus for generating gas.



D. D. BARNUM 6v H. A. CARPENTER.

APPARATUS FOR GENERATING GAS.

nrmoumu FILED 1120.2, 1910.

1,091,111, Patented Mar.24,1914.

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DANA DWIGHT IBARNUll'I, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS,AND HENRY A, CAR-PENTER, 0F SEWICKLEY, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNORS T0 RITEE-CONLEY MANU-FACTURING- COMPANY, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION' OF NEWJERSEY.

APPARATUS FOR GENERATING GAS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 24,1914.

'. Application filed December 2,1910. Serial No. 595,226.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that We, DANA DWIGHT BAR- xttitand HENRY A. CARPENTER, citizens of the United States of America, andresidents.

of \Vorcester, in the county of Worcester, State of Massachusetts, andSetvickley, in the county. of Allegheny, State ot PennsytVania,respectively, have jointly invented a new and useful Improvementin Apparatus for Generating Gas, of which improvement the tollowlng is aspecificatlon,

The prime object of our invention is tov provide a new and improvedapparatus for generating gas in which a multipllcity of pipes leadingfrom the various retorts to a gas take-oil, or main, are dispensed w th,thereby greatly reducing the. expense of construction; obviating theinconveniences "due to the presence of said pipes and the d1sadvantagesin the method of operating the same.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates an application of ourinvention, Figure l is a front elevation of a gas generating apparatusconstructed in accordance with our invention, Fig. 2 a section,-thesection being taken on line 22 of Fig. 1 and Fig. 3 a vertical sect-iontaken on line 3-3 of Fig" 1.

Referring to'thedrawings, 11 designate retorts disposed in a pluralityof gas benches.

2-2 designate'vertically disposed stand pipes, preferably rectangular incross section, although they maybe tubular. I

In the embodiment of our invention as illustrated, the lower ends of thesaid stand pipes are connected to and communicate with a gas takesofi 3,which is provided with lids 4, through which the same may be cleaned,the said lids being held in place'loy means of clamps 6. Thesaid standpipes of lateralbranches 7. The stand pipes are also connected to therear buck staves- (not shown) of the benches by means of rods 8.

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pipe arranged between two adjacent. rowsand in common communicationthrough the branch pipes '7 with a plurality of retorts of theitwoadjacent rows. The stand pipe being connectedwith the take-oif pipe 3permits an uninterrupted flow of gas from the retorts to and through thegas take-0E, or 11151111;

What We claim is:

1. In an apparatus for generating gas, the combination with two rows ofsuperposed parallel retorts, of a's'tand pipe located be-- tween the tworows of retorts and between the vertical planes passing through thelongitudinal axes of, the retorts in each row and in commoncoi'rnn'unication with the retorts of the two rows, and a take-0ft pipein communication with-tho stand pipe.

2-. In an apparatus for -generating gas, the

combination with two gas benches arranged side by side, a retort in eachbench, said retorts extending back from a common face of the generator,a stand. pipe located between the vertical planes passing through thelongitudinal axis of each of the said with the retort of each bench.

In testimony whereof, We have hereunto signed our names in the presenceof two subscribing Witnesses.

DANA DXVIGHT BARNUM. HENRY A. CARPENTER.

Witnesses to the signature of Dana Dwight Barnum RUF S Bl FOWLER,PENELOPE COMBERBACH.

.IVVitnesscs to the signature of Henry A.;

Carpenter:

CLARENcnA. WILLIAMS, JOHN H. Ronny.

'retorts, and means connecting the stand pipe

